I started this blog post last Friday, but I kept getting distracted and didn't post it. I wasted most of last Friday watching them put t...

For the past couple of weeks, I've been slowly plugging away at painting the railing for the back stairs. We didn't have enough sawh...

So far this year I've been spending a lot of time sifting and getting rid of stuff, the garage is no exception. We had this old workbenc...

 Our friend Liesl came by this evening and helped us harvest our mason bee tubes. It was fascinating to see the process of unwrapping the tu...

Jeff finally had time to work on our shed step project. These were built with pressure-treated plywood and 2x4s leftover from building our s...

Our garage organization project continues. Today, my Harbor Freight parts storage boxes finally came. I wasn't too happy with Harbor Fr...

I still have a couple of big piles that I'm trying to deal with but it's a struggle for me to just toss stuff when I no longer need ...

 And it is done! We're really happy with the finished project. We actually paid $10 for the Roll-Away Lumber Cart plan from the Woods...

 We are so happy to have breathable air again. SO HAPPY. This afternoon we were able to venture outside and work in the garage again. We mad...

We have spent more than a week on the garage project and we are nearly finished. We emptied out the big workbench and sifted the wood in ...

I have spent at least 20 hours the last few days sifting boxes and piles. If I see a box that clearly has stuff in it and isn't labeled,...

And it's finished!! There is still a bunch of stuff out in the driveway we have to sift, but I'm really excited to get this part o...

Now that the end of summer is rapidly approaching, I finally kickstarted my garage organization effort . As a reminder, this is the plan for...

It's not just a clever name. There are so many leaves in our yard right now. I hope we have another couple dry days so we can clean up t...

Jeff and Aaron managed to fill all the nail holes and do more priming on Friday. I painted the first coat of paint on the door. Since it ...

Building all of these salvage projects has given us the confidence to take on a bigger project: Garage De-Disastering. There is so much stuf...

It's been 3.5 years and we haven't done anything with this huge pile of cherry wood. We need to dig some space out of the garage s...

Despite my lack of posts since last Friday, we are still working on the house. I don't tend to wear my little camera anymore and I'v...